Saturday, March 12th from 7:00-10:00pmThere is no charge for this event but please RSVP by contactingthe Temple Office at 301-942-2000 or rsvp@templeemanuelmd.org.(This event is for guests 21 and over.)

This celebration is a chance for all of us to say thank you to all our members for all you have contributed to Temple Emanuel. We value your time, your contributions, your membership and all you do to make Temple Emanuel a vibrant community, family and home. Join us for an evening of fun with dancing, heavy hors-d'oeuvres, martinis, desserts, a photo booth, a mini silent auction, and a chance to say thank you to everyone you are grateful to by purchasing leaves on our Giving Trees. All Philanthropic Giving is greatly appreciated and totally optional.

3-Week series with Cantor Rosalie BoxtSundays from 9:30-10:45amFebruary 21March 6 and 13

What do you have "faith" in? Where is the Source of your Strength? We will explore how the rationalists, the kabbalists and the modernists see an evolving God. We will go shopping - God shopping! How is Kabbalah so compelling to me? How do we grapple with God when there's evil and sickness? Whether you're a committed Atheist, Agnostic, Doubter, Lover, Believer or Wisher - the Faith Odyssey is for all comers.Cost: $36 for the series.To register for this course, please contact the Temple Office at 301-942-2000 or rsvp@templeemanuelmd.org.

Sunday, February 7 at 9:00amGuest Speaker: Dr. Boaz Atzili"Where is Israel: Borders, Perceptions, and the Conflict?"

Dr. Atzili (Associate Professor, American University-School of International Service) is a political scientist who researches and teaches international politics. His interest is in international security with an emphasis on the politics of borders and territoriality, deterrence of non-state actors and their host states, and the international aspects of state weakness. His regional focus is in the Middle East, but his research extends to Africa, Europe, and Latin America as well. Atzili's publications include Good Fences Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International Conflict (University of Chicago Press, 2012), and articles in International Security, Security Studies, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and International Studies Review.ARZA members $5; non-members $7